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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 672 · 40 questions
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How the sounds work (The r changes the vowel): Spot the vowel + r: ar, or, er, ir or ur. Read it as one sound: c-ar, f-or-k. er, ir and ur sound the same, so learn which spelling each word uses: bird, turtle, tiger.

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  1. 1.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) dart (b) purple (c) popcorn
  2. 2.🔦 Which word is this? (a) terch (b) tarch (c) torch
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) computer (b) girl (c) scarf
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) paper (b) fork (c) girl
  5. 5.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) stur (c) star
  6. 6.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jor (c) jir
  7. 7.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scirf (b) scorf (c) scarf
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) computer (c) turtle
  9. 9.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
  10. 10.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) yarn (b) circle (c) computer
  12. 12.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  13. 13.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
  14. 14.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  15. 15.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yarn (c) yern
  16. 16.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  17. 17.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidor (c) spidar
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) shark (c) burger
  19. 19.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dert (b) dart (c) dort
  20. 20.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
  21. 21.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicern (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
  22. 22.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  23. 23.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) unicorn (c) jar
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) spider (c) circus
  26. 26.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  27. 27.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  28. 28.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) computer (c) jar
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) bird (c) shark
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) corn (c) circus
  32. 32.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) ladder (c) dart
  34. 34.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  35. 35.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
  36. 36.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  37. 37.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) thermometer (c) guitar
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) unicorn (c) star
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) turkey (c) third

Answer key

  1. purple
  2. torch
  3. girl
  4. fork
  5. star
  6. jar
  7. scarf
  8. corn
  9. ladder
  10. ur
  11. circle
  12. or
  13. turtle
  14. ur
  15. yarn
  16. ir
  17. spider
  18. burger
  19. dart
  20. bird
  21. unicorn
  22. ur
  23. tiger
  24. turkey
  25. spider
  26. er
  27. ar
  28. or
  29. computer
  30. shark
  31. circus
  32. or
  33. ladder
  34. ar
  35. turkey
  36. ar
  37. ar
  38. guitar
  39. unicorn
  40. third

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